Dobbs v. Titan Properties, Inc.

Beasley, Judge.

On December 9, 1983, Kaplan, as president of Equipment Exchange, Inc., the property owner, signed a 61-month lease agreement with Dobbs for a 64,000-square-foot warehouse; a rental schedule was included. Dobbs paid three months’ rent and thereafter failed to make any further payments under the lease but still continued to occupy the premises.

Equipment Exchange subsequently assigned the lease to Titan Properties, Inc. which brought a complaint against Dobbs seeking past due rent, interest, unpaid expenditures to the leased property, and attorney fees. A bench trial resulted in a…